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- H. CfMcCLURE.

WALL TIE AND FORM HOLDER.

, APPLICATION FILED JULYZI 1,437,323.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

tic material.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

UNITED STATES HENRY C. MGCLUEE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFQEll'Lh.

WALL TIE AND FORM HOLDER.

I Application filed July 21,

To a-ZZ w ham may concern Be it known that I, l-innny C. MOCLURE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at,

Los Angeles in the county of Los Angeles and State of Californiahaveinvented newand useful Improvements in Wall Tie and Form Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to building constiructiom-and moreparticularly to a combined wall tie and form holder that is designed foruse in the production of hollow walls of concrete or like hardened plas-The principal objects of my invention are to provide a relatively simpletie and form holding device that may be easily and cheaplyproducedandwhich will be very effective in performing its intendedfunctions.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts thatwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing devices of my improvedconstruction supporting a series of forms upon the ground and inposition to produce a hollow wall.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing devices 01 my improved constructionsupporting forms in position to produce the second course of a hollowwall structure.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a portion of a hollow wallstructure and with the parts of said wall tied to each other by thedevices contemplated by my invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken approximately on the line 4- iof Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the combined tie and form supportingdevice contemplated by my invention.

The combined tie and form support is preferably formed of wire or narrowstrips of metal, and each member comprises a substantially straightintermediate portion 10, straight end portions 11, and horizontallydisposed loops 12 between said intermediate and end portions. Theextremities of the straight end portions 11, are bent upwardly to formvertically disposed fingers 13, and secured in any suitable manner tothe end portions 11 between said fingers 13 and the loops 12are'vertically disposed fingers 14, and which arrangement providesspaces 15 between the respective pairs of fingers 13 1921. Serial No.186,323.

and 14k, and which spaces are adapted to receive the lower portions ofthe panels 16 that form the outer walls of the building forms.

secured to'the'intermediate portion 11) of each tie and holder are pairsof upwardly projecting fingers 17 that are adapted to receive and retainin proper position the inner panels 18 of the building forms.

Inthe use of my improved ties and term holders for the construction of ahollow wall, a number of ties are arranged on the ground or thefoundation for the hollow wall with the fingers 13, 1 1 and 17 upwardlypresented. The intermediate panels 18 are now positioned between thepairs of fingers 17 after which the outer panels 16 are positionedbetween the pairs of pins 13 and 1A. The horizontally disposed loops 12resting upon the surface of the ground or 'foundation maintainthedevices in position so that the fingers 13, 14 and 17 project upwardly,and thus the panels of the forms are maintained in upright positions andspaced the proper distances apart. To firmly retain the panels in suchpositions, a number of the combined ties and holders may be arranged onthe upper edges of said panels with the fingers of said devicesprojecting downwardly. The plastic material from which the wall is to beformed is now poured into the spaces between the outer and inner panelsthereby providing parallel wall portions that are spaced apart, andafter this first filling or course of plastic material has become setand hardened, the panels are removed and repositioned on top of thefirst course and retained in such positions by arranging tie members ontop of the first course of concrete and by tie members that are appliedto the upper edges of said panels (see Fig. 2). Obviously this method ofconstruction of a double wall leaves the end portions of the tiemembers, or those portions provided with the fingers 13, projectingoutwardly from the outer faces of the parts of the wall, and after thewall has beencompleted, these projecting portions may be sheared or cutoff in any suitable manner. Thus the parts of the complete double wallare effectively tied to each other by the embedded tie members and afirm and substantial structure is produced. 1

The use of a device of my improved construction in the building of wallstructures and the like minimizes the amount of lumher required forforms or panels that retain the plastic material while the same isbecomin set and hardened, for it will be observed that a single set oi.four panels and a sufficient number of the combined ties and holders areall that are required in the con- 'struction of a double wall.

While I have shown and described the combined tie and form holder asbeing constructed of wire, it will be understood that the device may beformed of relatively narrow strips of sheet metals, or that practicallythe same structure may be cut or stamped from sheet metal with suitabledies.

A combined wall tie and form holder of my improved construction isrelatively simple, may be easily and cheaply produced, and by its usemuch of the material, as well as the time and labor involved in thebuilding of hollow wall structures is eliminated.

It will be understood that minor changes in size, form and constructionof the various parts oi? my ii'nproved building construction may be madeand substituted for those herein shown and described without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in theappended claims.

I claim as my invention.

1. A combined wall tie and building form holder having a substantiallystraight body portion, fingers projecting at right angles from the endsof said body portion, and closed loops projecting laterally from saidbody portion between said fingers.

2. A combined wall tie and building form holder having a substantiallystraight body portion, pairs of fingers projecting at right angles fromthe ends of said body portion, loops projecting laterally from said bodyportion between said pairs of fingers, and

4. A device of the character described comprising a single length ofwire bent between its ends to provide loops and at its ends to formright angularly disposed fingers, said loops being disposed in the sameplane and the fingers being disposed in the same plane but at a plane atright angles to the plane of the loops.

5. A device of the character described comprising a substantiallystraight body portion, fingers projecting at right angles to the ends ofsaid body portion, loops projecting laterally in said body portionbetween said fingers, and other fingersprojecting at right angles to thebody portion between said loops.

6. A device of the character described comprising a single length ofwire bent between its ends to provide loops and at its ends to formangularly disposed fingers, and short pieces of wire secured to thefirst wire and arranged to formfingers.

7. A device of the character described comprising a single length ofwire bent between its ends to provide closed loops and at its ends toform right angularly disposed fingers, said loops extending from oneside of the wire and disposed in the same plane, and the fingers beingdisposed in the same plane but in a plane at right angles to the planeof the loops.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HENRY o. McOLURE.

